Artemisia campestris explained
Artemisia campestris is a common and widespread species of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is native to a wide region of Eurasia and North America.[1] Common names include field wormwood, beach wormwood, northern wormwood,[2] Breckland wormwood,[3] boreal wormwood, Canadian wormwood, field sagewort and field mugwort.[4]
Artemisia campestris is a branching, aromatic plant up to tall. It grows in open sites on dry sandy soils, in steppes, rocky slopes, and waste areas.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are accepted:[5]
- Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis (Pall.) H.M.Hall & Clem.
- Artemisia campestris subsp. bottnica Lundstr. ex Kindb.
- Artemisia campestris subsp. campestris
- Artemisia campestris subsp. canadensis (Michx.) Scoggan
- Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata (Michx.) H.M.Hall & Clem.
- Artemisia campestris subsp. cinerea
- Artemisia campestris subsp. glutinosa (Gay ex Bess.) Batt.
- Artemisia campestris subsp. lednicensis (Spreng.) Greuter & Raab-Straube
- Artemisia campestris subsp. pacifica H.M.Hall & Clem.
- Artemisia campestris subsp. variabilis (Ten.) Greuter
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Hill. Chris. 2021-02-03. 'Incredibly rare' plants burst into life on busy industrial estate. 2021-02-05. East Anglian Daily Times. en-UK.
- http://oregon.gov/ODA/PLANT/CONSERVATION/profile_arcawo.shtml Second alternative name
- Web site: 3rd alternative name . 2012-02-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120409162835/http://www.buglife.org.uk/discoverbugs/bugofthemonth/The+Wormwood+moonshiner . 2012-04-09 . dead .
- http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=artemisia+campestris Altervista Flora Italiana, Assenzio di campo, Artemisia campestris L.
- Web site: Artemisia campestris L. . . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 13 May 2021 .
